The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1887-11-05

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name, was pronounced "the first
gentleman Of Europe" Tn Q
most woe-begone vices are CON
cealed under fine names. Elegant
names for horrid and shocking
vices constitute wretched and
wicked sophistry. Rowdyism Is
rowdyism. A vile criminal is a
vile criminal. To palliate crime
and vice IS an act at an infinite
distance from justice. Vileness
and meanness. per6dy and du-
plicity are not the qualities Of a
gentleman. Agreeable words for
disagrceable things have been
aptly styled s'the Devils vocabu-
larry"
VILE WORDS FOR SACRED THINGS SHOW
4 STATE or MORAL TuRPrrUDE
rHATNo MERE ELEGANCE or MAN.
NERs cAN HIDE
8. The morally diseased heart
pours out its own slime. Low es-
Inmates Of virtue constitute the
fruit Of a heart in which purity is
not guest, and where exalted
principles are strangers. Sacred
things are the embodiment Of vir-
tue and purity. To deface them
to lower their value in the public
estimation, by terms of ribaldry,
indicates deadness to moral re-
sponslbility-a callousness-a n
insensibility to shame, as deplora-
Bile as the influence ie pernicious.
Why should a thoughtful person
by word and example tear down.
degrade that which can alone ex-
alt human nature. This species
Of tongue depravity which mani
tests Itself in the use of vile words
? for sacred objects shows morality
in state Of putrifaction. 1t is an
\ intolerable sort Of wIckedness.
No good man can take delight in
g seeing human nature thus deforn,
ed, and human speech thus de-
graded to base purposes.
3 TIE DAMAGING EFFECT or UNcHAsTH
, WORDS IS TwoFoLp.
! 4. Whoever uses such words
: lowers himself III the virtuou.
e public estimation, and then lhe
+ effect upon others is bad, and only
g bad. In every way, the effect /,
: bad. Whether the words useC
/. are low, vulgar slang, or elegant
t terms for ugly things, or the in.
g nuendo pointing toward vice, ol
q base terms for purity and virtue
+ the influence is deadly. The
. venom is IN the language, and fes
d ters IN the heart. The simple
I reason for this is, that ugly worli
y are the fit vehicles for baseness
1 a refined person il shocked at thC
+, coarse language of the vulgar. 1
5 it reasonable to choose base terms
b for pure thoughts? Should clean
a wholesome food be placed upor
. unclean dishes? It is contrary tC
d common sense 10 do this. 1t il
q likewise contrary to common sense
Q to convey noble thoughts in igno
!, BILE words. Besides, there can b,
v no refined society without refined
!, language. 1t is the quality ol
Q good society, and coarse language
G is the mark OF vulgar society
0 Real refinement and coarse, harst
7 language do not go together
2 When unchaste words are used by
It people who have no bad intention
:, they do harm BY their bad exampl,
D they lower the tone Of gooC
i society, Carelessness in this mat
7 ter is iuexcusable. We expec
: good coffee from clean cup. /
: IS just SO with language. Our es
: tlmation of men in high position
. is lowered when we hear them ust
low, vulgar expressions. Rude
o vulgar people express their dis
pleasure in rude, vulgar terms
To initiate them is neither wis,
nor profitable. To be master il
4 the vocabulary of indecorou
: terms is not an enviable dlstinc
il tion. There is nothing about i
& to admire but much TO lament
: To degrade human nature is in
f expressibly sad. We vererat
4 goodness in whatever form it ma
: appear. There is but one ruI
3 for all good people to observe i
this matter; use clean, true, ehast
: words Tor the expression o
o thought.
u 1t IS not generally known tina
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